I, your omnisicient narrator, have chosen your activities for the week. Prepare to get sloshed, touch stingrays, fall in love and rock out.
Sharks at Stingray Bay, A Touching Experience. Toronto Zoo @ Group Events Tent. Learn all about Cownose and Southern Stingrays and interact with them (e.g. get restaurant recommendations, talk politics). Hand washing stations provided. $2.50. Ongoing – 10:30 am – 6 pm.
The Lawyer Show presents Much Ado About Nothing. 35 lawyers-turned-thespians perform Shakespeare’s classic play to raise money for Nightwood Theatre. June 9, 2 pm and 8 pm. Berkeley St. Theatre, 26 Berkeley St.
Manhunt Toronto: massive game of hide and seek, June 9 @ 8:30 pm, Markham and Lawrence. http://manhunttoronto.wordpress.com/
Moonrise Kingdom: Misfit runaways find love on a small New England island in Wes Anderson’s nearly perfect film. Oh to be 12 again, just loathing your parents and awkward french kisses. Starring Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Ed Norton and newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Varsity Theatre @ 55 Bloor St West. Daily, various times.
Mentalist Banachek presents his hypnotic stage show with feats of Carrie-esque spoon-bending telepathy. June 8-10, 207 Queens Quay W, luminato.com, $35-$45
The drinking bone is connected to the party bone, people – it’s basic honky tonk anatomy. Get lit responsibly at the Toronto Wine and Spirit Festival. June 14-16, Sugar Beach, TO, $25 adv, $30 at gate (inc 5 sample tickets)
Bad Religion. Proving that you can sell millions of records without selling out. Oozin’ aahs LA punks play at Yonge & Dundas Square. Free. June 14. 9-11 pm.
Masia One @ Gladstone hotel ballroom 1214 Queen St West. June 14 @ 1 am. The first female rapper ever to be nominated for Best Rap Video at the MMVA’s. Don’t miss it.
Art in the Hermetic Tradition, 398 Vaughan Road, Toronto. Modern artist interpretations on the age-old hermetic tradition. The macrocosm becomes the microcosm. Opens June 14, 7-9 pm.
Friday, June 15th @ the Burroughes Building (639 Queen St. West) Skate4Cancer: Rob Dyer’s brainchild to engage youth with healthy living tips and education on cancer prevention. http://dreamlovecure.org/
Hooded Fang @ Silver Dollar Room, 486 Spadina, June 15 @ 10 pm. Hipsterly Mordecai Richler afficionados rock out.
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Tiffy Thompson is a writer and illustrator. Follow her on Twitter at @tiffyjthompson
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